[Pc_Support] I give up, how do you image Windows 2K?

[Damien McKenna]

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> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:54 AM
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> Subject: RE: [Pc_Support] I give up, how do you image Windows 2K?
> 
> g4u meets our requirements and comes under the standard BSD 
> license, which saves us money and headaches.  I would be very 
> interested in a similarly licensed method to handle cloning 
> from the server side, and you have inspired me to do some 
> reading, thinking, and research.

You know, I just thought of how this could be done.  You still have the
same setup - FTP login, etc.  Once the client logs in it would pull down
a file called e.g. "deployment.txt".  This file would be a simple list
of MACs corresponding to an image, e.g.:

001122334455:/winxp_customersupport/20060501.g4u
001122334466:/winxp_customersupport/20060501.g4u
001122334477:/winxp_customersupport/20060501.g4u

Then to make life even easier, you have a database application on the
FTP server that a) keeps a running list of the local PCs based on the
MAC which would be compiled into groups, b) a list of all images
available, c) allows you to link A to B to schedule deployment and save
it as a "deployment.txt" file.  This management application would be
easy to do, enhancing G4U to support automation would be the trickier
part.

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Damien McKenna - Web Developer - Damien.McKenna at thelimucompany.com
The Limu Company - http://www.thelimucompany.com/ - 407-804-1014
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